Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-04-14
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II In y Of red ribbon" after the style of
q Legion ef Honor.
,s wealthy widows in eastern cities at
q ., much attention nowadays at the
1 onera and the play.
4 snator Dawes. of Massachusetts, was
i -1neted in Washington last night in
H. of his reelection.
q -s Frank Leslie figures prominently
ETashington society this winter. She
diamonds as big as hickory nuts.
81 New York paper suggests that all
"A dndes of that city be organized and
N Central Africa to the relief of
in Bey
Ha-ly Egyptian coins are now made
q necklaces of an odd kind q kind
n gill start conversation and keep
going
isn'. hat boxes are now bigger than
q boldiuC a silk derby and an opera
~ collars and cuffs, scarfs and gloves as
&gggrims to Washington are very much
order. and nearly all the pilgrims are
., cd with aggressive social firearms.
IA he president and Mrs. Cleveland will
u and the annual cnarity ball to be
N en- at the Academy of music in Balti-
~ re.
ID New Jersey woman has a toboggan
s.; made of an India shawl, and on the
II g she conveys the idea of rapid ex-
Y yagance.
Nlen taiors for women are now run
II . riot on military fashions, and the
" cunt of black braid used in "slashing"
n enormous.
Physicians say diseases are contracted
Nm the many cheap furs now sold and
81 ensiyely used for trimmings on out
Ia garments.
In India there are four female mission
ia to every million women.
IA is estimated that $50,0O0,OO0 are in
~ ted in natural-gas plants in Pennsyl-
81 ia,
oy. Rulick mas vetoed the lottery bill
~ entity passed by the Legislature of Ari-
IsE esley Evans was smothered to death
" choke damp in q mine near Leadville,
M days ago.
ohm Fox is now postmaster at Lead
va having been appointed to succeed
HStark, removed
I'd D. MONTE has been Sunday-school
III eriniendent in Louisville, KY, for over
|m ~ years. During that time he was
Me- bat one Sunday.
writer of vigorous American prose
scrbes a schoolgirl out in the cold
~ d 'as minnow amid school of saw
~ he'd pickerel."
* IS sarcasticalIy remarked by Mrs.
handy that quite a number of Ameri-
,sbs do not receive their military titles
nj they reach Europe."
- wOodcutter in the forests near Ban
yof Me, was the victim of a singular
ll1ess few days ago. His provisions
~ short and he was compelled to eat
Rtcked corn to save himself from starv-
~ He drank great deal of water and
he corn swelled, and but for the timely
Rfyal OF a doctor he would have died.
Experiments having shown that guns
40 once more triumphed over armor,
M governments of England, France and
Ri STA are actively laying in a supply of
~ proieetiles, of which large qlan-
INes have been ordered. Steel pro-
jeca lies will pierce the thickest arlnor
afeat.
~ hale extract is recommended az en-
geenOmical substitute for beef extract. A
s&e weighing 200 tons yields 5000
pHnds of extract. Every pound of ex-
~ means q hundred pints of soup.
VI has not the slightest oily or Eishy
- famous Dismal swamp is no longer
M as shelter for runaway negro
lMes, of course, but it is believed To be
~ hiding place of at least a hundred
VIC men who for various reasons want
@fetlre to private life for a spell.
81. REMARKABLY fine otter skin reached
f1I land. Oregon, few days ago, from
~ ia. The skin was sold for $25. it
saougod to an old otter, as it was quite
III around the nose and down the belly.
~ he ten leading Wholesale fish firms of
H1n 4o. y. Y, have consolidated into
"a ee company. to be known as the Buff
IVA tiso company, with capital stock
M Slo00G.
XII ae Pintes are capturing trout with
~ b hooks while they are trying to as
The dam in the Truckee river at
Mo. Nvy.
he marriage of the plaintiff and de-
W laat caused a sudden conclusion of a
u ny sensational lawsuit at MERGED, Cal
e MIA.